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Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Sexual Assault

NCT00057629 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 187

Last updated 2015-11-13

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Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a brief cognitive behavioral therapy, administered by community agencies, for the treatment of patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Conditions

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prolonged Exposure (PE)

Prolonged Exposure (PE) consists of 10 weekly 90-minute treatment sessions, which may be extended up to 20 sessions, depending on client response. Treatment procedures include education about common reactions to trauma, breathing retraining, prolonged (repeated) exposure to trauma memories, repeated in vivo exposure to situations the client is avoiding due to trauma-related fear, and discussion of thoughts and feelings related to exposure exercises as well as beliefs about self and the world.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual group therapy (TUGT)

TUGT is delivered in ten weekly sessions, with 5 to 7 members and two counselors per group. There is not a formal, structured format for these groups; the counselors are sensitive to the participants' needs and follow their lead in terms of content covered in discussions and exercises. TUGT is conceptualized as supportive counseling and is based on the idea that members gain social support and information from one another.

BEHAVIORAL

Supportive counseling (SC)

Supportive counseling is an individual therapy delivered in 10 weekly, 90 minute sessions. During this treatment, the therapist helps the patient identify daily stresses that may or may not be related to traumatic events and discusses them in a supportive non-directive mode with a problem-solving orientation. The therapist uses active listening, encouragement of expression of feelings, praise, and encouragement. The goal of this present-focused treatment is to provide support and to help the client to identify problems and stresses of daily living and to help her cope with these. No instructions for exposure are given.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth A Hembree, PhD · University of Pennsylvania Faculty

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
67 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-08-31
Completion
2009-08-31

Countries

  • United States

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